Family Nurse Practitioner Essay

My goal is to be a family nurse practitioner. This goal did not stem from any traumatic events in my life. From a young age, I always felt the need to help others. While in high school, I volunteered at the local hospital as a candy striper. During this time, I was introduced to the medical field and I especially loved helping the patients and talking to the nurses about their pa-tient care. My mother called it my spirit of caregiving. After high school, I obtained a hospital position as a junior risk management secretary and thus my administrative assistant career began. Life kept me in this field but my heart was always pulled toward nursing.
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010, I decided life was too short not to follow my heart’s desire. That semester, I signed up for nursing school. I worked full time at night as a tech and went to school during the daytime. After receiving my ASN, I worked in the Operating Room and on a NICU Level 2. I continued my education online and attained my BSN and CNOR. I am currently the Learning Specialist for the OR and Endoscopy
departments, and hold a prn position for a plastic surgery doctor in which I circulate days and PACU overnights.
My goal is to be a family nurse practitioner that has a strong devotion to the holistic care of patients throughout their lifespan. I want to educate them and give them an opportunities to make smart choices, and be and active participant in their care. I have a tremendous work ethic, am diligent, focused and a multitasker who loves to learn. I feel I would make and excellent fam-ily nurse practitioner.
I was fortunate to shadow one of our nurse practitioners from UF Cancer Center recently, to observe what her position and responsibilities really entail.
Also, to ensure I was not glamoriz-ing the position. I loved the fact that her role bridged the gap between her patients’ disease man-agement, the acute surgical care and back to the management again. I was instantly intrigued at how the care seemed to come full circle with her patients. I appreciated the focus on improving the patients’ quality of life as well as the multidisciplinary team approach to achieving their goals. This experience made me look at the bigger picture. I wondered how her patients would function at home. How would they take care of themselves? What kind of support system do they have? We discussed in great length the holistic healthcare approach. The whole process felt like caregiving in its true
sense.
I believe I am and excellent candidate for your FNP program. Attending FNU online will allow me to reach my goals by providing me advanced level education I will need to provide the evidence base practice care to all of my patients. I hope you will consider me for acceptance and I look forward to hearing from you soon.